Miss DiSimoni's First Grade Class Website

Classroom Updates

Back to School Night is fast approaching! The K-4 session is from 6-6:45pm. This will be a great chance for us to get to chat and familiarize you with first grade at GWCS. A lot of important information will be shared so I hope to see you all there! If you have multiple children, don't feel bad if you can only attend part of a presentation. I will have my slideshow printed out for you along with some other useful handouts. If you plan to speak with me about something specific to your child on Thursday evening, please send me an email so that we can set up a conference. As a school-wide policy, we ask that only adults attend. Thank you for your cooperation! I should also give a heads up- the A/C in my classroom is not working! It hasn't been all year. That being said, make sure you dress *lightly* on Thursday evening! With so many of you in my classroom, things will definitely get warm. Also, be sure to dress your children in layers. This hasn't been a problem since the weather has been so warm, but try to avoid long-sleeved shirts until the colder Fall days. Thanks!

We have Gym on Thursday this week.

We are doing a coin challenge this week for the Fall book fair. The coin send-in schedule is listed below. All donations are greatly appreciated!

Monday- pennies

Tuesday- nickels

Wednesday- dimes

Thursday- quarters

Friday- any coin!

This week's sight words:

fun

just

get

let

his

an

Homework will not officially begin until next week, but it's a good idea to have your children read each night this week to practice the homework routine.

We are really getting into the swing of things now! This week, we practiced building our reading stamina, we started math, we learned how to use the iPads, and so much more! Next week, we will celebrate our first *STAR STUDENT* (Asher!!), we will get our first classroom jobs, and we will learn how to go book shopping in our classroom library! After that, we are pretty much done with the "housekeeping" things!

A few reminders:

Scholastic book orders are due ONLINE by Monday, September 25th. I will be placing the order the 26th, so make sure your order is in! Our classroom code is NFFKK. The books should arrive to school sometime during the first week of October.

Please remember to only send in spill-proof water bottles! The disposable water bottles spill very easily since children don't always screw the caps on correctly. To avoid any more notebook funerals, we are not allowing them in the classrooms. Thank you for your understanding!

We will have Gym on THURSDAY next week.

Back to School Night is next week: Thursday, September 28th, from 6-7pm. Please attend if you are able!

RAZ Kids is up and running! Feel free to get your kids on! The link to the website is under my "Resources" tab. Your child's login information was taped into their Take Home folders yesterday. Let me know if you have any questions!

Homework will begin in October! I am going to "suggest" homework next week just for practice. It will either be reading a book, going on RAZ kids, practicing sight words, or a math worksheet. More on that next week and at Back to School night!

What a busy day we've had today and what a busy week we have ahead! Here are a few reminders:

Please complete the First Grade Parent Questionnaire if you haven't done so already! These have been providing me with some very useful information as I work to get to know your children. I also have enjoyed reading your little messages!

The student/family handbook was sent home this weekend. Please make sure to print and sign the agreement page after you review it. Make sure you look over the truancy policy! Return the page to school as soon as you can.

We have Gym on Monday the 18th (NOT this Friday). Thank you to the kind parent who reminded me of this error! Teacher brain in the beginning of the school-year is crazy! Please make sure your children wear sneakers :)

If you plan to come in to volunteer or chaperone a field trip, make sure your clearances are on file with Kim Birkmire in the main office. If you aren't sure what you need, you can email her at kbirkmire@greenwoodscharter.org

Have a wonderful week! As usual, feel free to email me with any questions, comments, or concerns. Thanks!

We had such a fun day today! We learned about our new lockers, read some really cool books (First Day Jitters, The Teacher from the Black Lagoon, and First Grade Stinks), made new friends, practiced walking in the hallway, and so much more! Don't forget, tomorrow we have GYM!

Thank you SO MUCH for sending so much of the school supplies on the first day! It makes it so much more manageable for me. I also really appreciate the extra supplies that were sent in. Thank you so much!

The kids have simple homework tonight- you can send it in tomorrow, Thursday, or even Friday is fine. Please see the brown paper bag with the note attached in their Take Home folders. Please don't send in any food or anything super delicate or expensive. These ORANGE TAKE HOME FOLDERS need to be returned to school daily and checked/emptied, by you, daily. Thanks!

Parents, you have homework, too! PLEASE write down two emergency phone numbers on your child's backpack tag. This is VERY important. These are numbers that we will use in case of an emergency at the end of the day or if no one shows up to pick up your child.

​Well, I think that's all for now! I hope everyone gets a good night's sleep and will return to school tomorrow well-rested and ready for another fun day! Check out my photos page to see some First Day of School pictures!

I hope everyone is ready for the first day of school on Tuesday! I can't believe it's already here.

We will certainly have a lot to cover next week so I thought I'd post a brief message with some first day/week of school information to keep everyone in the loop.

In the past, we've sent out a paper Parent Questionnaire, but this year we've moved it online to a Google Form. You can find it here. Please click the link and complete it at your earliest convenience. The sooner this is filled out, the easier my life becomes :) Thank you in advance! Please email me directly if you encounter any problems with it.

Please remember to send your child to school with a healthy morning snack on Tuesday. We will be eating snack around 10:00. The snack rules are on my Classroom Information page, but to be brief, the snack should not contain any nuts, should be spill-proof, and should be in an individually wrapped container labeled with your child's name. The snacks all get tossed into a classroom snack bin so you can imagine the headache it causes when 6 children bring goldfish and they are not labeled :)

We will have Gym on Wednesday, September 6th, so make sure your child is dressed appropriately (gym pants & sneakers).

Feel free to email me at any time with any questions or concerns you have. Email is definitely the best way to reach me and I try to stick to a 24-hour response time rule. If you are emailing me about an urgent transportation matter and haven't heard back from me, you can cover all of your bases by calling Kim Birkmire at the front desk and relaying your message to her.

Well, I think that just about covers it! Again, please let me know via email if you have any pressing concerns before the first day on Tuesday. I hope everyone enjoys their Labor Day weekend!